It's FOSSDec 23

Massive respect to his efforts so far. 🙏

#linux #linustorvalds

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@itsfoss macos x 10.0 was released in march 2001, interesting that torvalds would have already had an opinion on it a year prior
Dec 23 at 9:30pmWeb
Show threadTonyDec 24
@dan @itsfoss version was not specified? Mac OS 8 was released in 1997.
Show threadDanielDec 24

@tony @itsfoss well, I bought a tangerine imac in ~ 1999 so I can fully understand why Torvalds would not have liked macos 8 (soooo crashy ...) but it's a fundamentally different system than macos x - no XNU, no BSD, nothing Unixy about it at all.

https://www.theverge.com/2012/3/22/2893581/linus-torvalds-linux-founder-turned-down-steve-jobs-offer has a little more detail, although the link to Wired is dead now. Looks like it was Mach he was objecting to

Linux creator turned down Apple job offer from Steve Jobs

In an interview with Wired, Linux creator Linus Torvalds discusses turning down a job offer from Apple CEO Steve Jobs, as well his work with the influential Linux platform.

The Verge
Show threadTonyDec 24
@dan @itsfoss yeah I'm aware that OSX was a whole different beast from the previous operation systems although my first Mac was OSX. Thanks for digging up more info, The Verge seems to be behind a paywall but I take your word for it 🙂